Tag: refugees
Confusion clouds refugee ‘solution’
Norway's three government parties claim they've agreed on a plan to evacuate some "young and vulnerable" asylum seekers from squalid refugee camps in Greece,...
Norway ‘should take in more refugees’
Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik is openly critical that Norway's Conservatives-led government hasn't offered to take in more refugees from squalid camps in...
Royals wrap up visit to Jordan
King Harald V and Queen Sonja ended a three-day state visit to Jordan on Wednesday, their first official visit to the Middle East. The royal...
Solberg wards off a new refugee influx
The Norwegian government is neither prepared nor willing to open the country's doors to any of the millions of asylum seekers Turkey is now...
Krekar convicted, arrested in Oslo
Norway's most controversial refugee, Mullah Krekar, was under arrest in Oslo on Tuesday after being seized by the Norwegian police intelligence agency PST and...
Retired politician sentenced to jail
Svein Ludvigsen was one of Norway's most powerful politicians. Now a court in his native Troms has sentenced him to five years in prison...
Deported refugee family returns
Four members of a refugee family who were controversially deported during the weekend were on their way back to Norway Tuesday. The mother of...
Ex-minister denies exploiting refugees
One of the most sensational trials regarding alleged abuse of power in Norway got underway in the Nord-Troms County Court on Tuesday. Former government...
Young bomber deported
A 19-year-old Russian citizen convicted of carrying a home-made bomb into Oslo's Grønland district two years ago has been deported. TV2 reported that a...
Solberg struggles with IS dilemma
Prime Minister Erna Solberg faces yet another thorny political dilemma involving Norwegian women who joined the brutal Islamic State (IS) terror group, had children...
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